Ama Owusu
Social Trends desk
Areas: Social Trends
Stories
- GH¢600m for 10 stadiums in 2027 as three promised for 2026 await contracts
15 Nov 2026
- GH¢16m of GH¢150m paid to anti-galamsey force by mid-year review as 2027 allocation rises to GH¢200m
14 Nov 2026
- Iddrisu's GH¢250m Category A schools pledge is 2.2% of GETFund's planned 2027 levy
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢85bn net domestic borrowing planned for 2027 is 2.2 times the 2025 outturn
14 Nov 2026
- Ghana's recorded food imports were US$2.9bn in 2025, below the US$3.5bn Forson cited
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢292.4m for free pads is about GH¢117 a girl, or 5 to 6 packs a year
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢100 of 2022 shopping costs GH¢188 now, not the GH¢105 a viral caption says
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢69m budgeted for airline groundwork, months before a Q1 2027 fleet target
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢3.5bn spent issuing cedi cash in 2018-25 as Minority asks what Heritage notes cost
14 Nov 2026
- Last published accounts show Ghana's AU levy raised 1.7 times its 2018-20 dues
14 Nov 2026
- Revised UGEL hostel rises of 15% to 19% outpace 10.5% housing inflation and 5.5% CPI
14 Nov 2026
- Inflation 5.5% at Forson's 22-month mark, against 9.5% at the same point under Ofori-Atta
14 Nov 2026
- GSS cement index is 7% below its 2024 high, far less than the 30% fall Kwakye Ofosu cited
14 Nov 2026
- Women's Development Bank was allocated GH¢452.5m in two budgets, GH¢400m reported in escrow and a licence still pending
14 Nov 2026
- Petrol floor falls 11% to GH¢13.69 from Monday, not the 18% some posts imply, as cooking gas jumps 16%
14 Nov 2026
- School feeding's GH¢2.1bn works out at about GH¢2.40 a meal as caterers push for more
14 Nov 2026
- 25,000 January public hires equal 3.5% of 708,000 payroll staff, but the Budget gives no total
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢100.4bn capex plan would top the interest bill for the first full year since 2013
14 Nov 2026
- 950,000 tonnes of rice imports are targeted for a 2030 ban, but new hubs cover under half
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢40.3bn health budget is 10.4% of 2027 cash spending, well short of the 15% Abuja target
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢11.9bn dumsor levy haul beats target by 36%, but the levy does not rise with fuel prices
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢2.06bn youth jobs earmark for 2027 is 129% above the 2026 YEA line as cap is set to be lifted
14 Nov 2026
- 500,000 tonnes in Dangote cocoa talks would equal 65% of Ghana's 2025/26 crop
14 Nov 2026
- GH¢240 speeding fines arrive as Ghana's road deaths run at eight a day
14 Nov 2026
- GHS 70.4 billion sat outside banks in August as Heritage cedi notes near circulation
10 Nov 2026